Optimum INR in patients with prosthetic heart valve replacement

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• 作者：Benjamin Irene Omoregbee ; Jacob Jamesraj…
• 关键词：Anticoagulation therapy ; Prosthetic heart valves ; International normalised ratio (INR)
• 刊名：Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：32
• 期：3
• 页码：174-177
• 全文大小：221 KB
• 刊物主题：Thoracic Surgery; Cardiac Surgery; Vascular Surgery; Surgery;
• 出版者：Springer India
• ISSN：0973-7723
• 卷排序：32

文摘

ObjectiveDespite various innovations, there is no ideal prosthetic heart valve; thus, patients with prosthetic heart valves still require anticoagulation therapy. This is a retrospective study to identify the optimum warfarin dose and international normalized ratio (INR) in Indian patients with prosthetic heart valves.